Sam was joined by consultant endocrinologist Dr Alison Evans to discuss acromegaly, a potential PACES curveball in a station 5 scenario. We talk through the typical presenting symptoms, important elements of a focussed examination, before covering the investigations, management and common examiner questions! 

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Timestamps:

1:40 Introduction

7:59 History

21:00 Examination

28:36 Presentation

30:42 Investigations

40:50 Management

48:24 Examiner Questions

52:51 Quiz the Consultant

Music:

Chase & Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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